by Howard Zimmerman | Aug 1, 2014 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Pop Culture, Ray Bradbury
Over the decades, it has been my challenge and my pleasure to create graphic adaptations of some of my own favorite books by some of my favorite authors. I got to adapt many of Ray Bradbury’s short stories, initially in the form of The Ray Bradbury Chronicles, a...
by Howard Zimmerman | Apr 17, 2014 | Horror, Movies
Most of the scary movies on my list so far have been of the gothic horror variety—small groups trapped in small spaces . . . with a monster of some kind knocking them off, one at a time. The next film on my list also of that genre. But it’s even more insidious...
by Howard Zimmerman | Sep 13, 2012 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction
We just can’t get enough of Mars! NASA saw its largest, most sophisticated robotic explorer yet, the Curiosity Rover, successfully land in a highly complex maneuver in mid-August. The damned thing is so large and so heavy that they needed to remotely lower it...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 11, 2012 | Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Tribute
As a kid in the 1950s, I knew that there were three shining stars in the science-fiction firmament: Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. Isaac Asimov was a second-generation “Doc” Smith. Whatever sci-fi tropes and vistas Doc did not invent, Asimov did. Isaac was also, quite...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 6, 2012 | Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Tribute, Visionary Men
I just heard the sad news of Ray Bradbury’s passing. He was a one-of-a-kind soul, bountifully gifted, unflaggingly positive, a loving and caring man, beloved by all who met him. Ray was only 91 . . . he thought he would live forever. And he will, in hearts and minds,...
